DISILLUSIONMENT: Corruption, weak leadership and the apparent immunity of marauding warlords are causing ordinary denizens to lose faith in American rule
Along a potholed road in eastern Afghanistan, Mohammed Jan points through a cloud of dust at a line of mansions that seem out of place in such poverty-stricken surroundings.
"This is where the new, beautiful houses begin. They belong to the commanders. Their money is from drugs, from smuggling. They will never be caught. Their soldiers are working with the Americans," says Jan, himself a small-time opium grower.
Nearly two years after the collapse of Taliban rule, ordinary Afghans like Jan say they are losing faith in the US and its coalition partners.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/09/09/2003067131If the media were honest they'd say 'lost a long time ago'.